Saturday, January 16, 2010
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| 0008:15 AM |
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Registration and coffee |
| 0008:45
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J Storrs Hall, Foresight Institute
"Introduction and Welcome: 20 years of Foresight"
video |
| 0009:00
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Larry Millstein, Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, PC
"Sequencing Single DNA Molecules"
video slides (7.3 MB PDF) |
| 0009:45
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Hod Lipson, Cornell University
"Adaptive and Self-Reflective Systems"
video |
| 0010:30
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Break |
| 0010:45
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Feynman Prize Presentation, Foresight Institute
to Oscar Custance, Masayuki Abe, Yoshiaki Sugimoto, and Robert Freitas Jr
and Communication Prize Presentation, Foresight Institute to the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
video |
| 0011:00
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Oscar Custance, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan
"Experimental Demonstrations of Mechanosynthesis"
video slides (20 MB PDF) |
| 0011:45
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Ralph Merkle, IMM, Nanofactory Collaboration
""The Contributions of Robert Freitas to Molecular Nanotechnology""
video slides (10.8 MB PDF) |
| 0012:30
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Lunch |
| 0002:00
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J Storrs Hall, Foresight Institute
"Roadmaps to Nanotech and AGI"
video slides (1.4 MB PDF) |
| 0002:45
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Kartik Gada, Reliance GP
"Uplifting One Billion People in Ten Years"
video |
| 0003:30
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Break |
| 0004:00
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Paul Saffo, Stanford University
"Profiles of the Future"
video |
| 0004:45
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Brad Templeton, Foresight, EFF
"Revolutionizing Transportation with AI"
video |
| 0007:30 - 9:30 |
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Senior Associate Reception
- Free for Senior Associates and one guest. Register early -- maximum of 40 attendees!
- Cost for non-Senior Associates and additional guests is $50 per person. (Guests may choose to have their fees applied toward Senior Associate dues.)
The reception will feature the first in-person debate between Robin Hanson and
blogger Mencius Moldbug about futarchy, a subject on which fur has flown over
the blogosphere.
video |
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Sunday, January 17, 2010 |
| 0008:15 AM |
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Registration and Coffee |
| 0008:45
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Brian Wang, Next Big Future .com
"Timing Emergence and Convergence of High Impact Technologies"
video slides (6 MB PDF) |
| 0009:30
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Michael Anissimov, Singularity Institute for AI
"Don't Fear the Singularity, but Be Careful: Friendly AI Design"
video |
| 0010:15
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Break |
| 0010:45
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Robin Hanson, George Mason University
"Economics of Nanotech and AI"
video slides (11.3 MB PDF) |
| 0011:30
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David Friedman, Santa Clara University
"Economics of Nanotech and AI"
video |
| 0012:15
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Lunch |
| 0002:00
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Monica Anderson, Syntience
"A New Direction in AI Research"
video |
| 0002:45
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Salim Ismail, Singularity University
"Preparing Humanity for Accelerating Technological Change"
video slides (6.6 MB PDF) |
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